MS leaving the console race would be good for gamers.

[only777]

Mr Khan said:

only777 said:

It's discredited for reasons that shouldn't need to be dragged up again.  But since you asked,.

Yes it does matter, because that market is gone now.  the people that bought the Gamers bought the NES, fewer gamers bought the SNES, much fewer gamers bought the N64, a few gamers bought the Game Cube and almost no gamers are buying the Wii U.  That is a downward spiral.

The Wii was a one off and the Wii U is more than proving that.

The market is not gone: Nintendo abandoned it. Wii U simply proves that even Nintendo didn't really like developing games for the Wii and wanted something bulkier, but that's not what Nintendo-consumers want. The Nintendo that shoves their middle finger right in the industry's face is the Nintendo that conquers. The Nintendo that tries to go along with industries norms is the niche player you've described.

Their potential is far greater than either Sony or Microsoft, limited only by the size of their companies.

Sorry, but that's utter crap.
Each one of Nintendos consoles has seen a big drop in users.  The market has lost faith in Nintendo and they have become less and less of a player each generation.

Nintendo never abondened gamers, gamers got bored of Nintendo.